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NEW DELHI: Noting that India faces a big challenge to improve the quality of teaching and learning outcomes in schools, President Pranab Mukherjee today said the nation needs more competent and willing teachers to achieve these objectives. Teachers should imbibe in students the values of tolerance, secularism and inclusiveness to make the world a safer and better place to live in, he said addressing the National Teachers Awards function here coinciding with Teachers' Day. "India today needs many more competent and willing teachers to dedicate themselves to improving the standard and quality of education being currently imparted.

KOLKATA: Pearson Education Services, India's leading education and training services provider, has launched a 'teacher certification' program for the first time in India. The program certifies the proficiency of teachers in using technology in their classroom sessions. For the past decade, Pearson has been providing education services customised for the Indian market. With the practice of certifying teachers for technology use, Pearson has taken a significant step towards improving curriculum delivery.

NEW DELHI: A whopping 15,000 teachers in Information Technology and Computer Sciences are not up to date with their knowledge, affecting the quality of teaching in technical institutes, NASSCOM has said. In its blueprint on National Faculty Development Programme, the National Association of Software and Service Companies has said teachers need special training to update their knowledge in emerging areas. As teachers are poor in their own field, quality of teaching is affected in majority of the technical institutes of the country, it said.

NEW DELHI: A group of guest teachers, who were sitting on a dharna outside Delhi Secretariat for the past 15 days, demanding permanent jobs, today ended their protest after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal gave them assurance that they would not loose their jobs after their contracts end in May. The deadlock between the government and guest teachers ended after a delegation of teachers met Kejriwal and Education Minister Manish Sisodia ...

NEW DELHI: Concerned about the teacher absenteeism in elementary schools, the government has decided to move to a system for appointment of teachers ? that of school-based cadres. Teachers will now be appointed by schools and will be permanently attached to the school, as against the present system of being hired by district and state authorities. The Centre's Model Right to Education Bill, '06, which will have to be adopted by all states, has made it mandatory for all government-run schools to move to a system of school-based cadres.

BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Assembly on Tuesday witnessed uproarious scene as both the ruling Biju Janata Dal [BJD] and Opposition Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP] legislators criticized the police lathicharge on private college teachers late on Monday evening. The Question Hour business was seriously affected as the Opposition members trouped into the well of the House seeking a direction from the Speaker to the mass education minister to make a statement as to why the teachers were "brutally" assaulted.

NEW DELHI: Next time you go scouting for a private tutor for your child, you will have to look beyond his school. The government is considering a proposal to prohibit school teachers from taking private tuition. The proposed free and compulsory education bill, if accepted, will go on to cut your expenditure on your child's tuition — public school teachers will no longer be out there charging a premium on the basis of their day job. It would also open up employment opportunities for coaching schools, and private tutorial homes will not be able to hire teachers already employed by schools.

Even as the going gets tough for Indian techies, various other skilled workers could consider looking for jobs overseas. School teachers, for instance, have a great opportunity in the US, in view of the projected shortage of 700,000 teaching instructors. And obviously, the advantage that Indian teachers enjoy are English speaking skills and a high standard of education. The reasons for shortage of teachers in the US are similar to the healthcare sector and include low regard for the profession, low pay and high turnover.

Even as the going gets tough for Indian techies, various other skilled workers could consider looking for jobs overseas. School teachers, for instance, have a great opportunity in the US, in view of the projected shortage of 700,000 teaching instructors. And obviously, the advantage that Indian teachers enjoy are English speaking skills and a high standard of education. The reasons for shortage of teachers in the US are similar to the healthcare sector and include low regard for the profession, low pay and high turnover.

Even as the going gets tough for Indian techies, various other skilled workers could consider looking for jobs overseas. School teachers, for instance, have a great opportunity in the US, in view of the projected shortage of 700,000 teaching instructors. And obviously, the advantage that Indian teachers enjoy are English speaking skills and a high standard of education. The reasons for shortage of teachers in the US are similar to the healthcare sector and include low regard for the profession, low pay and high turnover.